Gus Suhr
1929–1945 · bats L / throws R · MLS, NLS, Philadelphia Phillies, PIR, Pittsburgh Pirates, SPZ
1,435G
.279AVG
.368OBP
.428SLG
More career statistics
1,446H
84HR
818RBI
53SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Doubles | 288 | 287 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 433 | 439 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,989 | 5,996 |
| Batting · Runs | 714 | 716 |
| Batting · RBI | 818 | 822 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 53 | 51 |
| Batting · Walks | 718 | 720 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,435 | 5,989 | 5,176 | 714 | 1,446 | 288 | 114 | 84 | 818 | 718 | 433 | 53 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2,214 | .279 | .368 | .428 | .796 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1934-04-18 to 1934-05-08
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1930-04-29 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1931-09-22 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1934-04-30 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 709 | 2900 | 720 | 32 | 411 | 335 | 176 | .286 | .364 | .445 |
| Away | 726 | 3096 | 726 | 52 | 411 | 385 | 263 | .273 | .359 | .411 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 124 | 540 | 134 | 11 | 92 | 73 | 43 | .297 | .383 | .486 |
| May | 253 | 1081 | 253 | 12 | 159 | 122 | 87 | .268 | .347 | .406 |
| June | 238 | 998 | 274 | 22 | 154 | 102 | 78 | .311 | .377 | .497 |
| July | 268 | 1110 | 258 | 14 | 125 | 154 | 71 | .275 | .371 | .409 |
| August | 284 | 1184 | 293 | 12 | 169 | 134 | 85 | .283 | .361 | .425 |
| September | 260 | 1050 | 227 | 13 | 116 | 131 | 73 | .251 | .341 | .373 |
| October | 8 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .259 | .333 | .519 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 215 | 879 | 199 | 14 | 120 | 91 | 73 | .256 | .330 | .375 |
| chicago-cubs | 213 | 895 | 217 | 19 | 133 | 112 | 86 | .283 | .368 | .465 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 206 | 860 | 199 | 12 | 103 | 103 | 62 | .266 | .351 | .404 |
| boston-braves | 205 | 851 | 191 | 8 | 110 | 118 | 53 | .265 | .363 | .407 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 204 | 864 | 227 | 14 | 119 | 91 | 75 | .301 | .368 | .459 |
| cincinnati-reds | 196 | 806 | 197 | 3 | 120 | 82 | 43 | .280 | .346 | .430 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 191 | 819 | 213 | 14 | 115 | 120 | 45 | .310 | .407 | .461 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .167 | .273 | .167 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 542 | 155 | 17 | 108 | 10 | .286 | – | – |
| 1931 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 270 | 57 | 4 | 32 | 4 | .211 | – | – |
| 1932 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 581 | 153 | 5 | 82 | 7 | .263 | – | – |
| 1933 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 566 | 151 | 10 | 75 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1934 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 573 | 162 | 13 | 107 | 4 | .283 | – | – |
| 1935 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 153 | 528 | 144 | 10 | 82 | 6 | .273 | – | – |
| 1936 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 156 | 583 | 182 | 11 | 115 | 8 | .312 | – | – |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 576 | 160 | 5 | 96 | 2 | .278 | – | – |
| 1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 145 | 530 | 156 | 3 | 64 | 3 | .294 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates | 123 | 402 | 122 | 4 | 56 | 5 | .303 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | .160 | – | – |